#Recession

Max Berger

maxberger

Here it is, the defining text of the millennial generation: I mean sure, millennials have had to live through the Great Recession, the War in Iraq, the rise of mass

Carl Quintanilla

carlquintanilla

JPMORGAN: “We believe we’ve seen a peak in new case growth in the US 3-4 days ago,.. deaths will peak in about a week, so we look for a limited

Zoé

ztsamudzi

We obviously expect this from the right but anti-sex work moralizing from the left is so weird and boring and harmful “Why support letting your comrade’s body be treated like

⚡️🇺🇸⚖️Todd Doyle⚖️🇺🇸⚡️

whizkids

Antifa wore masks. Then, the virus came along. Then, everyone was told to wear a mask outside. Now, draconian measures are being levied by Dems against We, The People to

Hayley Minogue

HayleyMinogueTV

Let’s have a quick talk. I keep seeing a lot of posts about “the media lying about this for ratings.” So, I’ve decided to explain how ratings work. This will

David “HINDSIGHT IS 2021” Walsh

DavidAstinWalsh

Chapo just went after me personally and I emphatically disagree with this.https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1247930492286111746 The party unity problem—insofar as it will actually exist in this cycle—will be because of the generation gap.Which

David Cutler

Cutler_econ

Thread from my mentor and friend @LHSummers on the cost of the COVID virus to the US. Even under optimistic assumptions about containing spread, cost = $16 Trillion.https://twitter.com/LHSummers/status/1315679595841101826 Half of

James Leckie

JamesGLeckie

So I've been doing a lot of research during the pandemic, and I've figured I'd share a bit of what I've learned. This is a thread on Unemployment Insurance (UI).

Michael Cohen

speechboy71

I’m really at a loss in understanding the thought process among Republicans in rejecting more money for pandemic response. As the incumbent party they will pay the biggest political price

alex

alex

tech stocks are going up like its boom timesevery founder or VC i talk to is like, yep, huge recession comingidk i guess we'll find out who is right am

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Last week another 680,000 people applied for UI. This included 547,000 who applied for regular state UI (seasonally adjusted) and 133,000 who applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). 1/ https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf

Diane Swonk

DianeSwonk

FEAR FACTOR - Some comments about getting workers back to work.A lot of stories are an to pop up about $600 added to UI checks and how workers are now

David Belle

macrodesiac_

The dilemma that many a thicko on here are facing today.They will still be hypocritical though because they just want virtue points with no coherence or continuity to their line

Dublin Commuter Coalition

DublinCommuters

Latest tactic from the NBRU in their crusade against Metro is to say it could cost €10 BILLION and not the 3 it's currently costed at.Transport Infrastructure Ireland will be

Michael Madowitz

mikemadowitz

New paper on women in the recession, w/ @capwomenIt. Is. Grim.Space Shuttle Challenger disaster: 1986Today’s Women’s employment to population ratio: back to 1986 levels There are many parallels…https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/

Extra Guac

ExtraGuac4Me

Before dismissing CMHC’s report, consider this: in 1989, pre-recession, Wood Gundy suggested Toronto home prices would drop by 25%. TREB called the report “inflammatory” & OREA stated “a large price